Comparison of the surgical and follow-up costs associated with microsurgical resection and stereotactic radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1220-1224

  Banerjee, Ritesh ^a   Moriarty, James P ^a   Foote, Robert L ^a   Pollock, Bruce E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Follow up; Microsurgery; Radiosurgery; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; RADIOSURGERY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44849102680     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS/2008/108/6/1220     Document Type: Article

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